| District: | 71 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 462,584[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 350,857 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 299,471 |
| Percent White: | 63.94 |
| Percent Black: | 4.69 |
| Percent Latino: | 24.06 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.35 |
| Percent Native American: | 1.51 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.62 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.25 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.56 |
| Registered: | 271,526[2] |
| Democratic: | 29.78 |
| Republican: | 40.57 |
| Npp: | 22.89 |
California's 71st State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Kate Sanchez.[3]
The district encompasses much of San Diego County's backcountry and East County regions, as well as a primarily mountainous portion of Riverside County. While most of the district's area consists of rural mountain country and desert, much of the population is clustered in the suburban southwestern part near San Diego.
Riverside County – 1.9%
San Diego County – 13.6%
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" Yes 58.9 – 41.1% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 55.6 – 42.1% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cox 60.9 – 39.1% |
| Senator | de Leon 51.4 – 48.6% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 56.3 – 38.2% |
| Senator | Harris 54.6 – 45.4% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 63.8 – 36.2% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 58.5 – 36.8% |
| Senator | Emken 58.9 – 41.1% |
Due to redistricting, the 71st district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleazer L. DeWitt | Democratic | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Tulare | ||
| A. B. Butler | Republican | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
| George S. Berry | Democratic | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| William Spurgeon Cunningham | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||||
| Samuel Newell Androus | Republican | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Los Angeles | ||
| Orlando H. Huber | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||||
| J. O. Vosburg | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||||
| Orlando H. Huber | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
| Howard A. Broughton | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Philip A. Stanton | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Lyman Farwell | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| Elijah A. Emmons | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | ||||
| Lewis A. Spengler | Socialist | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
| Bert L. Farmer | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | |||
| Henry E. Carter | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | ||||
| E. O. Loucks | January 3, 1921 - January 8, 1923 | ||||
| Henry E. Carter | January 8, 1923 - January 7, 1929 | ||||
| Frank McGinley | January 7, 1929 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Harry B. Riley | January 5, 1931 - January 4, 1937 | ||||
| Paul Peek | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - February 29, 1940 | Resigned from office. | ||
| Frederick N. Howser | Republican | January 6, 1941 - February 2, 1943 | Resigned from office to become District Attorney of Los Angeles County. | ||
| Carl Fletcher | Democratic | January 8, 1945 - January 8, 1951 | |||
| Herbert R. Klocksiem | Republican | January 8, 1951 - January 5, 1953 | |||
| Leland Milton Backstrand | January 5, 1953 - January 2, 1961 | Riverside | |||
| Gordon Cologne | January 2, 1961 - January 7, 1963 | ||||
| Robert Badham | January 7, 1963 - November 30, 1974 | Orange | |||
| Paul B. Carpenter | Democratic | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1976 | |||
| Chester B. Wray | December 6, 1976 - November 30, 1982 | ||||
| Doris Allen | Republican | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | |||
| Mickey Conroy | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | ||||
| Bill Campbell | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2002 | ||||
| Todd Spitzer | December 2, 2002 - November 30, 2008 | Orange, Riverside | |||
| Jeff Miller | December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Brian Jones | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016 | Riverside, San Diego | |||
| Randy Voepel | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2022 | ||||
| Kate Sanchez | December 5, 2022 – Present | Orange, Riverside |